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Hard

Who Coined The Term Pyrokinesis?

Stan Lee
H.P. Lovecraft
Dean Koontz
Stephen King
Cover of the Stephen King book Firestarter, featuring flames over the outline of a face.
Viking Press

Answer: Stephen King

While working on his 1980 novel Firestarter, Stephen King found himself with a protagonist in need of a technical term to describe her ability to create and control fire with her mind.

Taking a cue from an earlier writer, Henry Holt, King modified Holt’s early 20th-century coinage of psychokinesis into pyrokinesis. After appearing in the novel, the term entered popular usage and has made appearances in many comic books, televisions shows, and movies, including The X-Files, The X-Men, and The Dresden Files.

Trivia

Hard

Video Game Company Activision Was Sued By Which Of These Dictators?

Manuel Noriega Kim Jong-Il
Saddam Hussein Fidel Castro

Trivia

Hard

Which Of These Pigments Is Also A Life Saving Medicine?

Indian Yellow Ultramarine
Carmine Prussian Blue

Trivia

Hard

In 2004 The FDA Approved What Ancient Medical Technique?

Bloodletting Trepanation
Medical Leeches Maggot Therapy

Trivia

Very Hard

Which State Has The Highest Accuracy In Predicting Presidential Winners?

Illinois New Hampshire
New Mexico Idaho

Trivia

Hard

The Bird Of Prey With The Largest Natural Geographic Range Is The?

Osprey Golden Eagle
Peregrine Falcon Great Horned Owl

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Hard

The First Live Action Film With No Human Characters Was?

The Great Muppet Caper The Labyrinth
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Dark Crystal

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Easy

What Movie Introduced The Public To The Concept Of “DEFCON” Military Alerts?

Die Hard WarGames
Top Gun Dr. Strangelove

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Very Hard

Which Web Browser Was The First To Feature Tabbed Browsing?

Mozilla TabbyBrowser
Netscape InternetWorks

Trivia

Easy

The Process Of Inserting Reversed “Hidden” Messages In Music Is Known As?

Backmasking Reverlyricing
Vocal Inversion Slip Streaming

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Hard

Hong Kong Cinema Was Inadvertently Popularized In The West By?

Immigration Laws U.S. Soldiers
Exchange Students British Censorship